Music is more objective, I think, than a lot of art is, but a surprising amount of it is cultural.
JERRY GARCIAAs long as we can play, we’ll play, regardless of what it’s for, who it’s for or anything. It’s fun for us – that’s the important thing.
More Jerry Garcia Quotes
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The implications, to me, are immense. I mean, how far can it go?
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Nothing left to do but smile.
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Right now, America is under the gun. It’s being tested and is being co-opted in a big way.
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Nobody wants to get hurt. Nobody wants to hurt anybody. We would all like to be able to live an uncluttered life.
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If we had any nerve at all, if we had any real balls as a society, or whatever you need, whatever quality you need, real character, we would make an effort to really address the wrongs in this society, righteously.
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You ain’t gonna learn what you don’t wanna know.
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A simple life, a good life. And think about moving the whole human race ahead a step, or a few steps.
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The great thing is the thing of being able to see things through many points of view. That’s enlarging.
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For me, I think the only danger is being too much in love with guitar playing. The MUSIC is the most important thing, and the guitar is only the instrument.
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Everybody needs adventure, and everybody needs something to enlarge his or her lives.
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The bigger issue, was the whole takeover of the food industry by big corporations.
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I like all the kinds of music I’ve been into. I’m certainly not a purist in that I will only play country licks in a country song or blues licks in blues stuff.
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I think The Grateful Dead kind of represents the spirit of being able to go out and have an adventure in America at large.
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I mean, whatever kills you kills you, and your death is authentic no matter how you die.
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How many Beethovens are there that just for lack of the training, the world doesn’t get exposed to.
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